'Can you turn the music down'
the man next to me on the train says
then nudges me 'Can you turn the music down.'
I flip off my headphones and say
'I am on my way to a funeral'
I say 'I am about to have an operation'
I tell him that when I was born I was deaf
never heard my mum say my name
and then one day in a service station cafe
my ears suddenly popped like Champagne corks
and for the first time I was able to hear my friends laughter
the hiss of an espresso machine
the sound of a man sweeping.
Before I put my headphones back on
I nudge the man and say
'I love the sound of drum and bass,
especially when people dismiss it as being just noise.'
Comments
Cavalcaderl | September 18, 2009 - 14:37
New mcmanaman
well deserved cherry.
verse I love
My ears suddely popped
like champagne corks,
and for the first time
I was able to hear
my friend's laughter,
The hiss! of expresso machine.
I can be worse noise is, and iof it
squeals the aid.
I have damn hearing aid somedays
works aye? others not ending of
word be embarrassing if wrong.
How great.
Julie x cavalder (:-
Miss_D_Meaner | September 20, 2009 - 09:07
Very enjoyable read. Especially the last two lines...
'I love the sound of drum and bass especially when people dismiss it as being just noise.'